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2006-07-22 03:42:37
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answer #1
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answered by Anonymous
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The hard or fibrous central part of certain fruits, such as the apple or pear, containing the seeds.
The central or innermost part: the hard elastic core of a baseball; a rod with a hollow core.
The basic or most important part; the essence: a small core of dedicated supporters; the core of the problem. See Synonyms at substance.
A set of subjects or courses that make up a required portion of a curriculum.
Electricity. A soft iron rod in a coil or transformer that provides a path for and intensifies the magnetic field produced by the windings.
Computer Science. A memory, especially one consisting of a series of tiny doughnut-shaped masses of magnetic material. Also called core memory.
One of the magnetic doughnut-shaped masses that make up such a memory. Also called magnetic core.
The central portion of the earth below the mantle, beginning at a depth of about 2,900 kilometers (1,800 miles) and probably consisting of iron and nickel. It is made up of a liquid outer core and a solid inner core.
A mass of dry sand placed within a mold to provide openings or shape to a casting.
A reactor core.
A cylindrical sample of rock, ice, or other material obtained from the center of a mass by drilling or cutting.
The base, usually of soft or inferior wood, to which veneer woods are glued.
Archaeology. A stone from which one or more flakes have been removed, serving as a source for such flakes or as a tool itself.
2006-07-22 10:44:05
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answer #2
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answered by *SugaryLips* 3
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Main Entry: 1core
Pronunciation: 'kor
Function: noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English
1 : a central and often foundational part usually distinct from the enveloping part by a difference in nature : as a : the usually inedible central part of some fruits (as a pineapple); especially : the papery or leathery carpels composing the ripened ovary in a pome fruit (as an apple) b : the portion of a foundry mold that shapes the interior of a hollow casting c : a vertical space (as for elevator shafts, stairways, or plumbing apparatus) in a multistory building d (1) : a mass of iron serving to concentrate and intensify the magnetic field resulting from a current in a surrounding coil (2) : a tiny doughnut-shaped piece of magnetic material (as ferrite) used in computer memories (3) : a computer memory consisting of an array of cores strung on fine wires; broadly : the internal memory of a computer e : the central part of a celestial body (as the earth or sun) usually having different physical properties from the surrounding parts f : a nodule of stone (as flint or obsidian) from which flakes have been struck for making implements g : the conducting wire with its insulation in an electric cable h : an arrangement of a course of studies that combines under basic topics material from subjects conventionally separated and aims to provide a common background for all students i : the place in a nuclear reactor where fission occurs
2 a : a basic, essential, or enduring part (as of an individual, a class, or an entity) b : the essential meaning : GIST c : the inmost or most intimate part
3 : a part (as a thin cylinder of material) removed from the interior of a mass especially to determine composition
2006-07-22 10:44:45
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answer #3
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answered by cybrog 4
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the word core has different meanings
1) The hard or fibrous central part of certain fruits, such as the apple or pear, containing the seeds.
2) The central or innermost part: the hard elastic core of a baseball; a rod with a hollow core.
3) The basic or most important part; the essence: a small core of dedicated supporters; the core of the problem.
2006-07-22 10:49:37
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answer #4
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answered by skatygal 3
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core
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1 the tough central part of various fruits, containing the seeds.
2 the central or most important part. Ã the dense metallic or rocky central region of a planet. Ã the central part of a nuclear reactor, which contains the fissile material. Ã a piece of soft iron forming the centre of an electromagnet or an induction coil.
3 an internal mould filling a space to be left hollow in a casting.
4 Archaeology a piece of flint from which flakes or blades have been removed.
5 a cylindrical sample of rock, ice, or other material obtained by boring with a hollow drill.
· v. remove the core from (a fruit).
– PHRASES to the core to the depths of one’s being.
– DERIVATIVES corer n.
– ORIGIN ME: of unknown origin.
2006-07-22 10:46:59
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answer #5
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answered by HeavyRain 4
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Center
2006-07-22 10:49:55
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answered by Charles D 2
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1.The core of a fruit is the hard central part containing seeds or pips.
2.The core of an object or a place is its central or most important part.
3.The core of something such as a problem or proposal is its most essential part.
2006-07-22 10:45:35
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answer #7
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answered by Mahyar 3
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core means center of the earth okay
2006-07-22 11:00:09
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answered by Anonymous
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the central part of an object lik the earth core
2006-07-22 10:44:00
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answered by crescent_moon11 2
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the center of something (apple, earth)
2006-07-22 10:43:34
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answer #10
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answered by Sweet Dreams 6
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